Postoperative management of patients after stereotactic biopsy: Results of a survey of the AANS/CNS Section on Tumors and a single institution study

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-296

  Warnick, Ronald E ^a   Longmore, Lynn M ^b   Paul, Christian A ^a   Bode, Laurie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Computed tomography; Postoperative care; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; THROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOVERY ROOM; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037723104     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023315206736     Document Type: Article

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